The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 V.S.A. 8, 9 and 11
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30
- End
- Set to Apr. 15, 2020; extended to May 15 (Addendum 9, VT-014) and June 15, 2020 (Addendum 14, VT-021); lodging supplemented Apr. 10 (VT-014 para. 2) and modified May 15 (VT-021 para. 4); quarantine modified June 5 (VT-024) and restated June 15, 2020 (VT-025 s. 7(i)); quarantine regime continued in successive forms to June 14, 2021 (VT-078) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons entering Vermont
- lodging providers (hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, short-term rentals, campgrounds)
- Functions reached
- LG lodging suspended
- TV traveler quarantine
- GS
- HK posting and reservation duties
- CB second-home owners and visitors
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
1. To preserve the public health and safety, to ensure the healthcare delivery system is capable of serving all, and to help protect those at the highest risk and vulnerability, any person, resident or non-resident, travelling into Vermont for anything other than an essential purpose, must immediately self-quarantine for 14 days or the balance of 14 days dating from the day of arrival.... [Lodging] On-line reservations shall be suspended and lodging providers shall post a prominent notice on their web platforms which advises potential guests that reservations for lodging in Vermont, as allowed above, shall be accepted by phone only. Lodging providers may permit existing guests to remain through the end of their scheduled stay, however, may not allow extended stay or new reservations, except for the [enumerated] purposes.
Enforcement
20 V.S.A. 8, 9, 11; recital that Stay Home/Stay Safe 'made clear commercial lodging shall be suspended unless required to support COVID-19 response, critical infrastructure and national security'
Notes
Lodging limited to housing vulnerable populations, health-care and critical workers, and State-arranged quarantine facilities; the Addendum names hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, short-term rentals and campgrounds.